PHILOS 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Soundness
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> the goal is generally to establish a winner, techniques used involve shouting, Persons arguing is a dispute between people browbeating, tiring one out. Claims involve defending an idea through analysis of logical connections and truths logically follow other claims (premises) Claims are the arguments philosophers use, and often involves using the soundness and validity test. > the goal is to assess how true a claim is, a win is established when claims can. In order to assess validity, you begin by assuming all premises are true. Then ensure that there is a logical flow between premises and conclusions. If you can imagine that the conclusion is false, despite true premises, then the conclusion is invalid: soundness. Then check if premises actually are true, only then can the conclusion be true. Note: conclusions may be true, but arguments may not be true. Persons argument occurs when one stubbornly holds on to beliefs, don"t genuinely believe what they"re defending reasoning.
